Some Crickle players were at a loss. “What are cryptic crosswords exactly?” “How do they work?! ” So we let Maya know of this difficulty, and Maya has written an excellent article explaining … A cryptic crossword by Māyā Featured in British newspapers (The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph) and magazines (Radio Times, Private Eye and Viz) and in …

Great to learn that British Wimbledon hopeful, Johanna Konta, uses word games to focus her mind. She and her team play Banagrams to ‘get in zone’. Crickle sends her the best words we can conjure on this occasion: Very Best of Luck!

Although we’re word game devotees at Crickle, we’ve currently got a thing about Numberdrop. It turns out ‘the right number’ can be as satisfying as ‘the right letter’. A really smart and compelling game from Rosenburger Games, Numberdrop is the ‘maths workout’ to complement your ‘word workout’ on Crickle. Download from the Google Playstore or from the apple store to …

Sometimes it is nice to create a meandering crickle, or one that tells a story. Other times it is all about the points! It is a timing thing To score highly at Crickle, watch the clock. If you place and submit a word in the first 20 seconds, you will receive 20 time points. If it takes between 20 and …

Out in the world Oxford City College library used to have a Scrabble board when you went in the door, but they have discontinued the ‘wordy welcome’ because some students allegedly put up rude words. A move showing appropriate sensitivity or sadly snowflakey… what’s your view? (Tell us at hello@crickle.com) On the site Please send some more Great Crickles. (Take …

Like the welcome at the Oxford City College library? Some students enjoy adding to this in-progress game of Scrabble each time they pass. We hear the ‘in word’ in the workplace in 2018 will be Cascade: “So thank you for listening to my dreary ramble about the demise of the department. I’d be grateful if you would cascade the important …

All who enjoy cryptic crosswords, will welcome our May challenge. It’s here. Thank you Maya. New to cyptic crosswords and the Crickle site? See the article with the Victorian ladies in the News section; it explains how to do them..